Romantasy (the portmanteau of romance and fantasy) is more than just fairy smut. Award-winning author Anuja Varghese explains why the out-of-this-world romantasy genre tells us A LOT about the real world. Anuja shares feeling underestimated by her parents, explains her goal of writing a medieval India–inspired fantasy world, and why she needed to write a spicy story about women of colour and multiple queer romances. Plus, Anuja explains why we shouldn’t sleep on romantasy because it may be keeping the publishing industry afloat.

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Host, creator and executive producer: Erika Casupanan
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